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Release Date: February 18th, 2006

Throughout
her career, Ani DiFranco has credited singer, guitarist, and songwriter
Michael Meldrum as an early and significant influence. He showed her
the possibilities of the guitar and encouraged her to perform in public
before she was even a teenager.

Now Ani returns the favor by performing on, mixing, and co-producing Meldrum's debut album, Open Ended Question.
She is joined by a veritable Who's Who of Western New York musicians
who lovingly shape and color songs culled from three decades of
Meldrum's writing.

The album showcases Meldrum's rich musical
background with tracks that range from jubilant New Orleans romps to
somber folk ballads. Breezy summer tunes and gritty roadhouse blues
become intriguing neighbors to Indian themes and meditative chants,
while Meldrum's honest tales of bars and empty streets make for sincere,
accessible songs filled with intimate emotion.